Sport and Ireland

The first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It studies the relationship between sport and national identity, how sport influences policy-making in modern states, and the ways in which sport has been colonized by the media.

Prima istorie a sportului din Irlanda, situand istoria sportului in istoria politica, sociala si culturala irlandeza si in istoria globala a sportului. Studiaza relatia dintre sport si identitatea nationala, modul in care sportul influenteaza elaborarea politicilor in statele moderne si modalitatile prin care sportul a fost colonizat de catre mass-media.